Capt. Dema is a Bhutanese 🇧🇹 police officer serving with United Nations Police in South Sudan. Part of her daily activities include interacting with the community on issues such as child marriage, education and peacebuilding. #WomensHistoryMonth #PeaceBegins
Video by UNMISS

Inspired by the dedication of Captain Kuenzang Dema, an United Nations Police officer from Buthan 🇧🇹 currently serving with UNMISS in South Sudan 🇸🇸. #PeaceBegins  with the thousands of #WomenInPeacekeeping  protecting and changing lives in @UN Peace operations. #WomenPeaceSecurity

Protecting civilians isn't easy, especially against climate shocks ⛈️that have ravaged #SouthSudan 🇸🇸. Since 2020, #UNMISS peacekeepers from #Pakistan 🇵🇰 have worked 24/7 to keep some 300,000 people in Bentiu safe, secure.

Watch their story, be inspired!

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In #SouthSudan , millions have been displaced by civil war & are battling severe climate shocks. #UNMISS peacekeepers Luk Riek Nyak Bol & Peter Bateman, deployed to Unity state, tell us why peace remains the only path forward for a prosperous future for all.
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#WomenInPeacekeeping  are critical to ensure peace operations reflect the communities we serve.

Capt. Enkhoyun Ulaankhuu of #Mongolia  🇲🇳 shares her experience as a peacekeeper with @‌unmissmedia in #SouthSudan  🇸🇸.

Video: Peter Bateman/UNMISS

Thank you Capt. Enkhoyun Ulaankhuu of #Mongolia  for sharing your experience with UNMISS. The #PKMinisterial  in Ghana will be a key opportunity for Member States to support #WomenInPeacekeeping  to better reflect & help the communities we serve. Mongolian Mission to the UN in New York🇲🇳🇺🇳 GhanaUN

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#PeaceBegins when women's needs are addressed, their voices heard!
As we approach #16Days of Activism against gender-based violence, Capt. Enkhoyun Ulaankhuu from #Mongolia #ServingForPeace with #UNMISS tells us how women in UN Peacekeeping make a difference
#WomenPeaceSecurity

“With the help #UNMISS peacekeepers 🇺🇳 have given flood-ravaged communities, they have become part of our social fabric,” says a resident of Thong, #SouthSudan 🇸🇸, a place severely impacted by climate shocks.

Read: bit.ly/3qdCKVz

#ClimateAction #A4P

Latest from me - such a fun and rewarding mission

#PeaceBegins with serving communities! 158 peacekeepers from #Mongolia 🇲🇳 #ServingForPeace in Pariang, #SouthSudan 🇸🇸 received United Nations medals🎖️ for
✔️protecting civilians
✔️building school infrastructure
✔️shoring up community confidence

#A4P #PK75

Recent stories from the field: returnees are beginning to travel from border regions to other parts of the country. South Sudan is a nation already straining I hope those fleeing war can be integrated safely and swiftly.

If unity breeds harmony and sports unite, it could be that #PeaceBegins with foot- & volleyball. Judging from the cheers of the 1000s in attendance when #UNMISS organized a couple of such games in Bentiu, #SouthSudan , perhaps. Read & rejoice: bit.ly/4635tMy
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Devastating explosion at #SouthSudan ammunitions depot leaves civilian casualties; UNMAS clearance teams respond swiftly.

bit.ly/42z0HUn

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Big 24 hours in Bentiu

#PeaceBegins with protection!
A team of #UNMISS peacekeepers from #Mongolia 🇲🇳 swiftly responded to an attack on a fuel convoy in #SouthSudan 🇸🇸, providing first aid to the injured driver🩹 + support

#POCWeek #PK75 #A4P

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✅Protecting civilians 24/7
✅Ensuring floods don't submerge Bentiu IDP camp
✅Winning hearts & minds of local communities
700 #UNMISS peacekeepers from #Ghana 🇬🇭have gone beyond the mandate while #ServingForPeace 🕊️ in #SouthSudan 🇸🇸
Their story👉🏽 bit.ly/3LLdUUH
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Landed in Bentiu, South Sudan

How photography changed art:

(will AI do the same to writing?)